Pride of Hawai'i Inaugural Voyage, May/June 2006 -- San Francisco (Golden Gate)
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The entrance to San Francisco Bay is world-renowned. Unfortunately, most of the year, the entrance is fogged in. Today was very special, we had a nice sunny pleasant day and no fog.
As we sailed under the famous bridge, we thought about all the people who have sailed from this Bay: Mark Twain, all the WW II soldiers and sailors who served in the Pacific, the great days of the Hawai'i steamships, such as the Matsonia and Lurline...
We left San Francisco just a few hours later. The bad news was that it was night, and we could not get any photos. The good news was that it was night and we had glorious views of San Francisco and the bridge, all illuminated beautifully.
Our crossing from San Francisco to Kaua'i took four and a half days. The only photos we took at sea were interior shots or the images of the Hawaiian flag raising. It was an odd transition, travelling from the cold waters off California, further into the tropics, day by day. One day, Bob observed that he "could feel the Islands approaching". This feeling was shared by a number of other kama'aina on the ship. We could actually feel the Islands embracing us and welcoming us back.
NOTE that these photographs are Copyright 2006 Robert and Sandra Swanson. Enjoy the images, but please don't steal them!
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